Or my satellite service from Sirius, which always seems to go blank at the exact moment when Howard is about to say something funny.
Not the least of which involves tech giant Apple, which plans to launch a streaming radio service that directly competes with Pandora and may possibly take some luster away from Sirius.
Martin endorsed the deal in exchange for concessions including turning 24 channels over to noncommercial and minority programming, a three-year price freeze for customers, packages offering services from both XM and Sirius, and standards designed to encourage competition from the companies that make their radios.
And, after the turn of the year, NASCAR moves from XM to Sirius with an expanded offering.
This non-profit performance rights organization has been designated by the U.S. Copyright Office as the sole administrative entity for collecting royalties from streaming music (Sirius XM, Pandora, etc.).
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Starting next year, parents will have the option to block 16 Sirius radio channels from the car's dial, among them Howard Stern, Playboy, and Hip-Hop Nation.
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Sirius XM earns revenues from satellite radio subscriptions, which make up 84% of its stock value.
What this means is that regardless of the outcome with Liberty and the RMT, and despite competitive threats from Pandora and Apple , Sirius remains a solid company to invest at the moment.
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What it means is that in terms of subscriber growth, Sirius is getting good returns from what it spends.
Sirius XM continues to benefit from new automobile and vehicle sales.
The XM and Sirius merger will need approval from both the Department of Justice and the Federal Communications Commission, the governmental agency that regulates radio and television.
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Almost all cars manufactured today come from the factory equipped with either XM or Sirius satellite radios.
The number of Sirius XM automotive subscribers increased steadily from 3.7 million in 2007 to 13.1 million in 2010.
The company also recently resolved potential interference concerns with XM Sirius satellite radio that have kept it from making use of additional spectrum it held in the WCS band.
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Sirius was also able to sidestep competitive threats from the likes of Pandora and Spotify .
Despite the league's potency on DirecTV, exclusive NFL content couldn't prevent Sirius, the satellite-radio operator, from struggling until it was ultimately forced to merge with rival XM.
In January Stern debuted on Sirius, opening his show with the theme song from 2001: A Space Odyssey--accompanied by flatulence.
In other words, Sirius should find a way to get more money from current subscribers and focus less on acquiring new ones.
After he signed the Sirius deal, he immediately took to shilling for his future employer, talking up Sirius on his old show and drawing a lawsuit from ex-employer CBS in February.
After he signed the Sirius deal, he immediately took to shilling for his future employer, talking up Sirius on his old show and drawing a lawsuit from ex-employer CBS (nyse: CBS - news - people ) in February.
Unfortunately as an investor in Sirius my loyalty is with Mel who saved my stock from going to zero and allowed me to become a millionaire.
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The pipeline is part of plans by Sirius Minerals to extract the ore, used in fertilizers, from beneath the North York Moors National Park.
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The snarling Silvio from The Sopranosunleashes deliciously dirty rock at Underground Garage, channel 25 on the Sirius dial.
Speaking at the public meeting in Ravenscar, Graham Clarke, operations director for Sirius Minerals, said the only way to access the potash was from within the national park.
Adam Rust, head of sixth form at Sirius Academy, said he thought it was the first time a student from Hull had won a scholarship to the public school.
Sirius XM, which added over 2 million net subscribers last year, has grown its overall subscriber base from 19 million in 2008 to 23.9 million in 2012.
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